Glenn Beck's The Blaze is enforcing 20% layoffs on its staff, a major sign of distress, all the more curious because the election of Donald Trump pretty well showed how significant the potential reader base out there might be. After all, most conservative websites are either doing well, or holding their own in the current tough media environment. Breitbart doesn't seem to have any trouble hiring new people, as the re-entry of Steve Bannon and maybe Sebastian Gorka can testify. Breitbart has also been expanding its overseas operations. The Wall Street Journal editorial page has been hiring, the Daily Caller seems to be picking up new talent.

So, what did Beck in? I can only speak for myself as a reader, but if you ask me, it was Beck himself. The guy just couldn't keep a steady editorial line. He puffed and pontificated, taking himself from tea party stalwart to the guy who was always complaining about conservatives, the very thing that did Jeb Bush in. Not to mention, he bawled a lot. But style points aside, his big problem was that in an era of Trump, he didn't like Trump. And it wasn't because he was a swamper, which has a certain logic, it was because he invented himself some biblical apocalyptic vision and cooked up a rationalization from it that Trump was a bad guy. Or something.

For a while when he was at his peak he was making a boatload of money. Hopefully he didn’t blow it all on the Blaze and he can fade into obscurity with a comfortable nest egg. His career as a pundit is over.

I used to be a loyal daily listener to his show. After last year when he started the Trump/Hitler/Nazi comparisons, I now immediately switch my radio from 9AM-Noon to another station. He has and will never get me back because of his insane tirades!

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posted on 09/01/2017 4:46:23 AM PDT
by Brandonmark
(Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)

Glenn Beck did some great things at one time, then inexplicably began first to ridicule his own supporters (I think he may have been the first to coin the condescending term, "birther") and finally to trash their chosen candidate, Trump. It goes without saying that is not a recipe for success.

And his brief detour into fancying himself a modern-day Walt Disney didn't help.

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posted on 09/01/2017 4:46:34 AM PDT
by noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)

Were you in the booth with him? According to his own words he didn't vote for the beast. But, you go ahead and run with your beliefs. I used to be a Beck fan but not anymore. I haven't listened in years and won't ever again but claims like your should be backed up.

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